Also: “That film was… bollocks.” = “I was just about to tell you my opinion of the film, but I’ve just spilled the remains of my drink in my lap… entirely coincidentally, all over my bollocks as it happens.”

I just remembered, “the dog’s bollocks” means something excellent, in the UK. – Dick the Damned

It does indeed, although I’ve never known why. Possibly because many dogs, if in possession of bollocks, appear to display them with pride when lifting a leg. “The cat’s pyjamas”, which has much the same meaning, is even more baffling, as is “the bee’s knees”.

All these animals spend, to the human eye, inordinate amounts of time polishing, rubbing and generally preening and treasuring these bits of anatomy. Hence why they are treated as “good” or somehow “valuable”.

No, no, no need to thank me. I realise I am the mutt’s nuts. The poodle’s privates. The woofer’s pooper. The puppy’s pecker. The hound’s mound (for the ladies…hey, we’re equal opportunity disgusting here) and so on and so forth.

Never mind the bollocks, here’s Sex Pistols. Reason as good as any. But the story short and oversimplified. Those testimonials are usually informative and interesting to read. Not this time. I’m not putting it down, but it’s not as enjoyable/moving as other ones.

On the contrary, I think it does. Why am I an atheist? Because religion is all nonsense (that I can’t believe). If anyone disagrees they can explain why religion is not all nonsense. Good luck with that.

Or in other words: atheism should be the default position, the burden of proof is on the religionists. Not a lot more needs to be said.

Mind, I also like the many stories that tell of the personal journeys that people have before arriving at atheism. But not all of us have such interesting stories to tell. For instance, I, personally, have never been anything but an atheist.

Last I heard, these were all submitted long ago and are being presented at random each day for the next year or two, which is why it is probably best to simply skip the short ones if you don’t like them.